11.18.06 - Freshman runner finishes first season as All-American
Cerritos College freshman cross country runner Daniel Clifford-Sorenson (Lakewood HS) concluded his first season with the Falcons by coming in fourth place at the state championships on Friday, which earned him All-American status. After a 12th place finish last year, the Falcons compiled 332 team points, which placed them 13th as a team, while the time of 20:31 by Clifford-Sorenson was 13 seconds faster than the time he ran on the same course earlier in the year. There was a big gap before the next set of three Cerritos runners finished the four-mile course. Sophomore Jaime Buenrostro (Downey HS) placed 87th overall in a time of 21:55, while freshman teammate Jonathan Dillard (Lakewood HS) ran a great race and placed 90th overall in 21:57. The fourth runner to finish for Cerritos was sophomore Manny Rodriguez (California HS), who came in 94th place out of the 195 runners in a time of 22:02...[more]

11.03.06 - Team qualifies for state championships in Fresno
Freshman cross country runner Daniel Clifford-Sorenson (Lakewood HS) has shown all season that he is one of the top runners in the state. On Friday, he helped lead the Cerritos College team to a 14th place finish in the Southern California Championships at Antelope Valley College by placing seventh. He completed the four-mile course in a time of 22:40 and had four South Coast Conference runners finish ahead of him, which shows how good the conference has been all season. The Falcons compiled 399 team points, good for 14th out of the 28 teams that competed, while four other conference teams finished ahead of Cerritos. San Bernardino Valley College won the championship with 118 team points, while SCC teams Mt. San Antonio College (third place), East Los Angeles College (fifth place), El Camino College (sixth place) and Los Angeles Trade-Tech College (seventh place) also finished ahead of the Falcons...[more]

10.27.06 - Falcons come in fifth place at conference championships
Freshman Daniel Clifford-Sorenson (Lakewood HS) placed sixth in the South Coast Conference Men's Cross Country Championships on Friday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to help Cerritos College place fifth overall. Clifford-Sorenson, who won three straight meets earlier in the season, finished the four-mile run in a time of 22:00. As a team, the Falcons compiled 149 team points, with East Los Angeles College winning the conference title with 53 team points, followed by El Camino College (61), Mt. San Antonio (62) and Los Angeles Trade-Tech (71), who all finished ahead of the Falcons. Next up for the team will be the Southern California Championships, which will take place next Friday at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster...[more]

10.16.06 - Cerritos comes in 5th place at Santa Barbara
For the first time in four races, Cerritos College freshman cross country runner Daniel Clifford-Sorenson (Lakewood HS) saw the backs of other runners cross the finish line before him. He was beat out by two Los Angeles Trade-Tech runners at the Santa Barbara Invitational on Saturday, as the Falcons placed fifth out of 20 schools. Clifford-Sorenson completed the 4-mile race in a time of 19:19, with the Trade-Tech runners completing the course in 19:09 and 19:13, respectively...[more]

10.09.06 - Daniel Clifford-Sorenson and team win invitational
Freshman Daniel Clifford-Sorenson (Lakewood HS) is quickly establishing himself and one of the top runners in the state for the Cerritos College men's cross country team. At the Crystal Springs Invitational in San Mateo this past weekend, Clifford-Sorenson won his third consecutive race, which helped propel the Falcons to the team championship, beating out 13 other teams. He finished the race in 21:15, which was 22 seconds ahead of the second place runner, while Cerritos had two other runners finish in the top 10...[more]

10.02.06 - Falcons come in 2nd place; Clifford-Sorenson wins again
For the second week in a row, Cerritos College freshman cross country runner Daniel Clifford-Sorenson (Lakewood HS) came in first place out of all the competitors at an invitational. Two weeks ago, he placed first in the Fresno Invitational and followed it with a first place in the Riverside Invitational this past Saturday. As a team, the Falcons placed second with 32 team points and trailed only Riverside College, who had 24 team points. The other teams who competed were Santiago Canyon College, who had 85 team points and Santa Barbara City College, who had just four runners...[more]

09.25.06 - Freshman runner wins Fresno invitational
Cerritos College freshman cross country runner Daniel Clifford-Sorensen (Lakewood HS) continued to show why he is one of the top runners in the state this year after he beat out 200 others at the Fresno Invitational on Saturday. He handled the 4-mile course in a time of 20:43 and beat out second place runner Alfredo Coronado of College of the Canyons by two seconds. The individual championship by Clifford-Sorenson helped propel the Falcons into third place in the team standings with 122 team points. Mt. San Antonio won the team title with 97 points, followed by Riverside, who had 105 points, as 21 schools competed in the meet...[more]

09.11.06 - Cerritos comes in fifth place at SoCal Preview
In one of the most important invitational's of the early season, the Cerritos College men's cross country team turned in a fifth place performance at the Southern California Preview Meet, which was held at Antelope Valley College this past weekend. The Falcons accumulated 160 team points and were only beat out by South Coast Conference rival Mt. San Antonio College (1st place; 109 team points), Riverside College (136), Oxnard (141) and another conference rival, East Los Angeles College, with 151 team points. Cerritos had 160 points to come in fifth place out of the 29 schools that competed...[more]

09.04.06 - Falcons Men's Cross Country open season against four-year teams
The Cerritos College men's cross country got their season started by going up against eight four-year schools, five community colleges and four open teams at the Cal State Fullerton Invitational at Carbon Canyon Park in Brea on Friday. The Falcons fared very well and placed 10th out of the 18 teams, while they were eighth out of the college teams. The only community college team to defeat them was Mt. San Antonio College, who was seventh among college teams. Cerritos amassed 283 team points overall from their five scoring runners, while they had 10 athletes running...[more]